Is Baby colic Safe in Breastfeeding
Question
I am a breastfeeding mother and i want to know if it is safe to use Baby colic? Is Baby colic safe for nursing mother and child? Does Baby colic extracts into breast milk? Does Baby colic has any long term or short term side effects on infants? Can Baby colic influence milk supply or can Baby colic decrease milk supply in lactating mothers?
Baby colic lactation summary
- DrLact safety Score for Baby colic is 1 out of 8 which is considered Safe as per our analyses.
- A safety Score of 1 indicates that usage of Baby colic is mostly safe during lactation for breastfed baby.
- Our study of different scientific research also indicates that Baby colic does not cause any serious side effects in breastfeeding mothers.
- Most of scientific studies and research papers declaring usage of Baby colic safe in breastfeeding are based on normal dosage and may not hold true for higher dosage.
- Score calculated using the DrLact safety Version 1.2 model, this score ranges from 0 to 8 and measures overall safety of drug in lactation. Scores are primarily calculated using publicly available case studies, research papers, other scientific journals and publically available data.
Answer by Dr. Ru: About Baby colic usage in lactation
The causes of infant colic are not well understood, yet it is known that it is not a disease with spontaneous disappearance around 3-5 months of age. Infant colic, as a source of anxiety, is a risk factor for cessation of breastfeeding (Howard 2006). There is a controversy on whether breastfeeding affects the frequency of infant colic, for some authors breastfeeding would pose a preventive and / or curative factor (Saavedra 2003, Howard 2006, Canivet 2008, Yalçın 2011, Cohen 2012). However for others it does not (Clifford 2002, Johnson 2015). It has not been well established whether maternal feeding would affect infant colic in spite that some authors recommend a variety of modifications of maternal diet (Aksoy 2016). There is some level of consensus on that some cases of colic may improve by suppressing cow's milk from mother’s diet (Jakobson 1983, Kenny 2016, Vandenplas 2016), yet the latter is not shared by others (Evans 1981, Carranza 2010, Pärtty 2015). Parent smoking may be a factor for increased risk (Reijneveld 2005). Based on several well-designed studies, meta-analysis and opinion by experts it is well known the ineffectiveness of the use of probiotics (Sung 2013 and 2014, Pärtty 2015), herbal teas, body manipulations or acupuncture (Savino 2014). Likewise, allowing the baby to burping after a feeding, (Kaur 2015) is not effective on treating or preventing infant colic.Trying to manage it with the use of herbal teas increases the risk for stopping breastfeeding (Jain 2015). Whatever case, suppression of breastfeeding should be never recommended (Toca 2015, Morais 2016, Vanden Plas 2016).